Food security one leaf at a time
I know it doesn’t seem much, a few salad leaves in a wine glass, but this is our first harvest out of our new garden. This year we will be secure in salad leaves! Continue reading
Beer a go, go
Saturday was beer making day. This time we were trying an English IPA. The beer has mostly pale malt with some crystal and biscuit malt.
The case of the missing fleece
Poor Daisy, not even out of March and she has lost half of her fleece, bless.
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Millie is back!
Today Millie the much loved farm pig came back from her rendezvous with the opposite sex, yes she has been doing her duty! Continue reading
Shetland ewe lambs finally arrive!
Today I received 9 Shetland sheep of the Katmoget variety from from Willey in Warwickshire. They seem so small and frisky, have I made the right decision, can I do this, when can I have their fleece? Continue reading
Hedge renovation at Westover farm
As part of the HLF (Higher Level Stewardship scheme) Westover farm has been busy replacing and re-laying much of the hedgerow around the the farm.